Roger - if we could bottle your outlook - i would gladly become a meglomanic dictator - take over the world and make everyone drink your juice - then retire coz the planet would be just swwwweeeeettttt!

Hey Brian...yes, it is the dark and stark rality of our times, but the ancients have always claimed that the 'Light' overcomes the darkness...

It is the perpetual dance of Light and Dark...all the wisdom teachings of the ages points to it! According to the Vedic. this is the Kali-Yuga, or Age of Iron...the densestand most troublesome time for mankind...but when the Kali Yuga is completed it will move to the Satya-Yuga or Golden Age.

Thanks for stopping by! Yes, it started out in the Dark but as it emerged, and I was looking for a compatible video, 'Apparition' by Delerium jumped right out...and, the lyrics seemed to pull it all together, completing my 'triplet'.

Plus, I liked the positive end to the whole thing! But, of course, that is how it will be...a Dark Age that comes into an Age of Light!

Hey Chris! Thanks for stopping by and leaving your comment; appreciated! Yes, indeed, "A little hope is always there," and that's why I included the video...it seems these dark times always come and are whixked away by the light. Yin and Yang interplay perhaps. But, perhaps one day...when humankind has evolved beyond materialism, greed, and war...the light will be eternal!

Roger, your piece is great, like it a lot. Many times Anaphora can get on one's nerves, but you knocked it out of the park here in this ever timely verse. I used to listen to delirium back a few years, very nice touch here, great song. Thanks for the words and music

Yup, Jannie! Theres still a sun out there (at least for now), despite all the beautiful ones we see in the video. Appreciate you stopping by and leaving your thoughts, which made me happy to read! Roger ☺

Awesome poem! I liked how the last stanza 'unraveled' in the opposite order of the first stanza ... really nice ... and even the 'fine print' extra that I nearly missed ... even though there is some darkness, don't let yourself be defined by it, but rather by the Light within... awesome! <3

Thanks so much for stopping by and viewing my work 'bajanpoet' I really appreciate it; as well as your comments. Really pleased you explored all of it...and found the small print...I like to do that and the 'triplets' of image/poem/video to see how 'really' observant people are...glad you found it and the message...

"...there is some darkness, don't let yourself be defined by it, but rather by the Light within..."